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Old Habits Die Hard (The "mark" on Cain)

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Karl
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07-09-2003 12:06 PM

That idea's not in the Bible, and to be honest I've never heard of it before. I notice you're from Utah - is it possibly an extra-Biblical Mormon tradition?
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Traditionally, the black peoples descended from Ham. Some people have tried to make the prophecy that Ham would be the servent of his brother Shem into a justification for racism.
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